Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were merely another old, white male appointed CEO by an old, white male board of directors, then her assuming the mantle would be about as newsworthy as last week's announcement of Michael Capellas to run HP rival Compaq. "No woman has achieved leadership at this level of American business," says Sheila Wellington, president of Catalyst, a New York City organization that tracks women in the work force. "It's going to give young women, girls, a powerful message...
...like his Uncle Ted and cousins Kathleen and Patrick, are doing it in the traditional family way through politics. Others, like John and some of his cousins, have followed the example of their aunts in pursuing private endeavors. Like John, they have helped redefine that tradition through an asphalt-level, intimate involvement...
Devotion to sports on any level undermines humanity. George Orwell said it best: "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, disregard in witnessing violence. In other words, it is war minus the shooting." VINCENT GUGLIUZZA Towson...
...clearer the vision, the deeper the passion, the higher the level of achievement. This could be a manifesto for DAVID OGILVY's remarkable life. I met him in Venice, Italy, in 1986. I was stunned to find out that he knew who I was and what I had done. As we parted he said, "Pat, you have it in your heart. I can tell. But unless you're ready to fight for what you believe in, it won't matter." Today I hear those words often, always in his voice. David Ogilvy was far more than a Hall of Fame...
...sewage and even the remains of human corpses. The priest knows this because he is also head of the civil-engineering department at the local university. A hydraulics engineer, he is as comfortable discussing water-pump designs as he is giving spiritual guidance. Ever since he learned about the level of pollution in "Mother," as he calls the Ganges, Mishra, 59, has been squabbling with government authorities and pleading with other temple chiefs to clean up the river. "When I talk to officials, I show them reports on fecal coliform, and when I talk to local people, I show them...